Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC) vs National Fuel Gas Company (NFG)

Diversified Energy Company PLC and National Fuel Gas Company are both Oil & Gas Integrated companies. National Fuel Gas Company is the larger, with a market value of $7.5B against $1.1B — 6.8× the size. Diversified Energy Company PLC trades at the lower P/E: 1.2× against 10.9×. National Fuel Gas Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.1% against −42.1%. Diversified Energy Company PLC has the higher net margin (29.5% vs 26.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.9% vs 10.1%). Both pay a dividend; National Fuel Gas Company yields more (4.01% vs 1.10%). Across the 21 metrics below, Diversified Energy Company PLC leads on 12 and National Fuel Gas Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric DEC NFG Oil & Gas Integrated median
P/E 1.16 10.90 11.88
P/S 0.56 2.99 1.20
P/B 1.04 1.91 1.56
Price to free cash flow n/m 33.77 9.74
EV/EBITDA 3.61 6.79 4.94
EV/Sales 2.22 4.03 1.57
Earnings yield 85.94% 9.18% 7.58%
Free cash flow yield (12.92%) 2.96% 6.71%

Profitability

Metric DEC NFG Oil & Gas Integrated median
Gross margin 68.18% 87.74% 39.18%
Operating margin 45.24% 40.26% 14.90%
Net margin 29.45% 26.86% 8.76%
Free cash flow margin (7.28%) 8.84% 9.61%
Return on equity 74.90% 19.58% 12.22%
Return on assets 17.06% 7.15% 6.47%
Return on invested capital 12.85% 10.11% 10.61%

Growth

Metric DEC NFG Oil & Gas Integrated median
Revenue growth (TTM) (42.12%) 15.13% 5.63%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 348.91% 576.19% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 33.15% 8.05% 12.04%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DEC NFG Oil & Gas Integrated median
Debt to equity 3.07 0.91 0.55
Current ratio 0.57 3.20 1.18
Net debt to EBITDA 3.14 2.08 0.80

Dividend

Metric DEC NFG Oil & Gas Integrated median
Dividend yield 1.10% 4.01% 5.01%
Payout ratio — 0.32 0.29

Size

Metric DEC NFG Oil & Gas Integrated median
Market cap 1.10b 7.51b 51.12b

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